This article is about the musical instrument. For the wind generator used for skydiving practice, see vertical wind tunnel.
Not to be confused with Fan (machine).
A video of a wind machine in useA historical wind machine (c. 1900) at the Konzerthaus in Ravensburg, GermanyA modern wind machine during the performance of Vaughan Williams's Sinfonia antartica by Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
The wind machine (also called an aeoliphone or aelophon) is a friction idiophone used to produce the sound of wind for orchestral compositions and musical theater productions.[1]
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The windmachine (also called an aeoliphone or aelophon) is a friction idiophone used to produce the sound of wind for orchestral compositions and musical...
marks one of the first recorded instances of wind powering a machine. However, the first known practical wind power plants were built in Sistan, an Eastern...
macromolecules, such as molecular machines. Machines can be driven by animals and people, by natural forces such as wind and water, and by chemical, thermal...
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ideal wind-energy extraction machine, the fundamental laws of conservation of mass and energy allowed no more than 16/27 (59.3%) of the wind's kinetic...
to be a wind-driven wheel to power a machine. His description of a wind-powered organ is not a practical windmill but was either an early wind-powered...
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whereas the blades of a HAWT use lift. Historically the earliest known windmachine was made by the Persians and it was the panemone design, consisting of...
force of gravity. Such winds are sometimes also called fall winds; the spelling catabatic winds is also used. Katabatic winds can rush down elevated slopes...
useful for large variable speed wind turbines, because wind speed can change suddenly. When a gust of wind hits a wind turbine, the blades try to speed...
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dry, relatively warm, downslope wind that occurs in the lee (downwind side) of a mountain range. It is a rain shadow wind that results from the subsequent...
wind instruments) or group instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles (e.g., string quartet) or wind ensembles (e.g., wind...
in the violins), flashes of lightning (in the piccolo), the use of a windmachine, and suggestions of darkness (through the use of a descending scale motive...
exterior scenes, and other natural phenomena. These include the fog machine, windmachine, and storm towers. These devices were also employed in live showings...
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